A smaller share of empty homes than 95% of compared French towns: 3.2%
Residents aged 65 and over make up 17%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Vallet had 9,495 residents in 4,070 households at the 2023 census. Across Vallet, just over one in ten homes are flats. At 30%, the share of couples with children is higher than in three quarters of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Loire-Atlantique median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
Vallet grew +11% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 72% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Here the change came as +5% to 2017, then +5% to 2023.
Younger than 76% of compared French towns: half of Vallet is under 40.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vallet 40.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 12% of residents are 15 to 24 in Vallet.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Vallet sits below 82% of compared French towns for single-parent households (7.9%)
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Loire-Atlantique median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of one-person households is 32%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
A lower share of households without a car than 79% of compared French towns, at 6.2%
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Where 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Vallet has 8.2%. Compared with other places, second homes are scarce here: 1.4%, fewer than in 66% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households without a car is 11% in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €26,770 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Living standards centre on €26,770 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 59% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 8.0% of the population.
Only 28% of households are headed by a retired person in Vallet
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Here 18% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%. Locally, 9.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 90% of compared French towns, at 2.1%
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1.4% in Vallet. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Vallet sits above 61% of compared French towns for married residents (44%)
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Single residents: 24% of the total. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 34% in Vallet, more than in 63% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
Adults with no qualification: 17%, below 64% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (9,356 to 9,647 people), the 11th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Aucamville (36.9), the youngest, and Carqueiranne (57.9), the oldest.
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Vallet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vallet | 40.6 | 17% | 1.4% | 2.1% |
| Mouzillon 2,893 · 2.2 mi | 39.8 | 14% | 1.4% | 1.5% |
| Le Landreau 3,267 · 3.2 mi | 37.7 | 14% | 0.6% | 2.1% |
| Le Pallet 3,413 · 3.8 mi | 38.8 | 14% | 2.9% | 2.5% |
| La Chapelle-Heulin 3,467 · 3.9 mi | 38.7 | 14% | 3.6% | 2.3% |
| Gorges 5,203 · 4.9 mi | 39.4 | 15% | 1.1% | 2.8% |
| Clisson 7,452 · 5.2 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 2.6% | 3.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Vallet
What is the population of Vallet?
9,495 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (8,579).
How old are Vallet’s residents?
The median age is 40.6, younger than 76% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vallet?
59, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vallet?
INSEE counts 200 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 140 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vallet?
€26,770 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% of residents live below the poverty line. Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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